Ring.



Patented'Dec. 3!, I90l. B. BLEADEN.

RING.

.Application filed May 11, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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BENJAMIN BLEADEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 690,095, dated December 31, 1901.

Application filed May 11, 1901. Serial No. 59,762- (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN BLEADEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Rings, (Case No.1,) of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description.

My invention relates to rings and such like articles of jewelry; and its object is to provide an improved setting for ornaments and precious stones which will securely guard against the stone being lost or accidentally displaced, but which, nevertheless, will permit of its ready removal by even an unskilled person who has once become familiar with the structure.

The accompanying drawings illustrate a ring of the kind generally known as an initialring or cameo-ring which is constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 1 is a top View of the ring. Fig. 2 is a vertical section showing how the stone may be inserted in the setting or removed therefrom. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the stone in place, but with the setting partly opened. Fig. at is a vertical sectional view on line 4 4 of Fig. 3; and Fig 5 is a perspective showing the ring with the setting empty, opened, ready to receive the stone.

The same letters of reference are used to designate the same parts wherever they are shown.

The body portion CL of the ring is formed at the top into a rectangular frame having a lip or flange a projecting inward a short distance, leaving an opening which may be similar in shape to the stone b, but considerably smaller. The bottom or back of this frame is formed by a curved plate 0, conforming in shape to a curve of the ring and mounted in the lower part of the framework to slide to and fro in the direction of the axis of the ring. The under side of this curved plate forms a portion of the inner surface of the ring, while the plate also serves as a backing for the frame to hold the stone in place. Grooves cl d are cut in the body portion of the ring, in which this back-plate c is adapted to slide, the frictional engagement of these parts being sufficient to prevent accidental removal of the plate, although permitting the plate to be slid out into the position shown in Figs. 2 and 5. This may be done, for example, by carefully pressing upon the end of the plate with the finger-nail. When the ring is thus opened, the stone may be slipped into place in the framework from underneath, as shown in Fig. 2, after which the slide may be closed, and the ring will then be no different in appearance from others. By this construction the stone is held very securely and will not be liable to be accidentally displaced or lost, especially while the ring is being worn. To remove the stone, however, when desired, and substitute another, is but the work of a moment.

Small photographs, miniature paintings, or other pictures, as well as stones of diifercnt kinds, may also be worn in a single ring of this character. The pictures maybe placed underneath a piece of glass of appropriate size and shape, which may be substituted for the stone and held in place by the sliding plate 0.

I have shown a small rivet or projection c in the end of the sliding plate 0, which is adapted to abut against the edge of the framework and prevent the sliding plate from be ing totally removed from the ring.

It will be apparent that my invention may be embodied in structures differing to some extent from that shown in the drawings, and I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to that precise form; but,

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, the following:

A ring having the body portion thereof formed into an open framework adapted to receive a stone from underneath, and the plate 0 mounted to slide to and fro in said framework in the direction of the axis of the ring, said plate being curved to conform to the curvature of the ring, its under side being adapted to form an arc of the inner surface of the ring, said plate serving as a backing for the framework to hold the stone therein, whereby the stone is held securely against accidental displacement but may be readily removed to permit the substitution of another, as described.

In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name this 8th day of May, A. D. 1901.

BENJAMIN BLEADEN.

Witnesses:

JOSHUA B. BLEADEN, J. W. SKINKLE. 

